From 1998 to 2018: India's performance in the last six CWG editions

Commonwealth Games, with the 2010 home edition being their best performance ever (101 medals). With 72 nations expected to participate in the Birmingham Games scheduled to start from July 28, Indian athletes, spearheaded by Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, are expected to do well in this edition too. There is however no shooting at the Games this time and that is likely to dent India's overall medal count. TimesofIndia.com here looks at India's performance at the last six Commonwealth Games from 1998-2018: 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (25 medals):The 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur were the last of the 20th century, but the first that were held in an Asian country. More team sports like cricket and hockey were included for the first time in the CWG.

India's history at the Commonwealth Games

The Indian cricket team was led by Ajay Jadeja and had stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble and new entrants to international cricket at the time - VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh. India finished third in their group, failing to make the semis and Australia clashed with South Africa in the final, which the Proteas won by 4 wickets. In men's hockey, India reached the semifinals but lost to Malaysia and then lost to England on penalties in the bronze medal match. Overall, India finished in the eighth position on the medal tally with 25 medals (7 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze). The notable winners were Jaspal Rana (gold in shooting Men's 25m Pistol), Aparna Popat (silver in badminton Women's Singles) and Pullela Gopichand (bronze in badminton Men's Singles).

2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester (69 medals):The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester and India did remarkably well winning a